ARTICLE – Modern TVs look like sleek black glass, and they often sound like it, too. That thin screen style is a nice upgrade on the wall, but it’s a small misfire when dialogue gets swallowed by the room the moment your AC kicks on. Price: P299.95 (bundle) / P$129.95) Where to Buy: Sennheiser Sennheiser’s […]
Sennheiser RS 275 TV Headphones Bring Auracast to Your Living Room Audio Read More
ARTICLE – The cleanest carry kit isn’t the one with the most tools. It’s the one you won’t resent carrying when your pockets are already full. Price: $38 Where to Buy: CRKT That’s the trap with tiny drivers. The moment the cap squeaks, the bits scatter, or the grip feels slick, you’ll decide your keys
CRKT’s ToGo Driver Packs Seven Precision Bits Into One Pocketable Tool Read More
ARTICLE – Some flashlights make you pick a vibe, and that choice gets old fast when you’re half awake and hunting for keys. Warm light feels kinder, cool light feels sharper, and most tiny lights act like you have to commit. Price: $39.99 Where to Buy: Nitecore I like when small gear admits real life
Nitecore TIP3 Adds Three Color Temperatures to a Keychain Light Read More
ARTICLE – Portable speakers love to cosplay as outdoor gear, and it’s always a small misfire when the first wet picnic table makes you treat them like glass. Majority’s Move lineup is leaning into the opposite energy, with water ratings and chunky builds that suggest you’re meant to toss them into the messy part of
Majority Move Portable Speakers Bring Budget-Friendly Ruggedness to Your Next Adventure Read More
ARTICLE – Action cams keep getting sharper, yet the hardest shots still lose to the dumbest problem: there’s nowhere clean to put the thing. You feel it the moment you’re staring at a clamp and a cramped gap, with wind noise in your ears and grit on your fingers. Price: $439.99 (64GB), $459.99 (128GB) Where
Dreame Leaptic Cube Is a Tiny 8K Action Cam Built for Weird Mounts Read More
ARTICLE – Gaming phones still feel like a trade: speed goes up, then comfort goes down. That pattern gets old. You notice it fast. Price: CNY 3,499 ($502), CNY 4,199 ($602) Where to Buy: Redmagic REDMAGIC says the 11 Air lands at 8mm, and that number feels real when a phone slides into a pocket
REDMAGIC 11 Air tries to make gaming phones feel less bulky Read More
ARTICLE – Open ear earbuds are having a moment, but the design language still hasn’t caught up. Too many models still look like gym kit, and that’s a tough sell if you’re trying to wear them on a random Tuesday. Price: $229.99 Where to buy: Sony Sony’s LinkBuds Clip is the company’s attempt to make
LinkBuds Clip is Sony’s Most Fashion Minded Earbud Move Yet Read More
You’ve seen the gold lucky cat in a shop window, paw waving like it’s running a tiny side hustle. MEDICOM TOY and RINARO ISODYNAMICS took that familiar charm and stuffed it with a serious looking Bluetooth speaker called the BE@RBRICK AUDIO Maneki-Neko Edition. It’s an odd collision, and it’s a fun one. Price: $499 Where
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Phones make terrible witnesses. A bright screen on the table throws a thin glow across coffee rings and legal pads, and the room can start to sound slightly rehearsed even when nobody means to change the tone. Price: $149.00 Where to buy: Flowtica AI You can feel the shift when someone glances at the timer,
An AI Recording Pen That Finally Looks Like it Belongs on the Table Read More
A warehouse day rarely breaks in a dramatic way, it tightens in small places until everything feels slower. That’s a familiar kind of stress, and if you’ve ever watched a print queue crawl while cartons stack under bright lights, you already know how fast the mood changes. Price: TBD Where to buy: Bixolon Label printers
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ARTICLE – You know that feeling when a little object on your desk makes the whole room feel warmer, even if it doesn’t do much. It’s a smart kind of nostalgia, the sort that lands fast when plastic, pixels, and a familiar silhouette line up just right. Price: $29.99 Where to buy: Amazon A lot
This Tiny Retro Mac Alarm Clock Makes Desk Time Feel Fun Again Read More
NEWS – School Chromebooks don’t fail gracefully. They fail in a cart. That’s the difference, and it shows up fast. Price: $499.99 to $579.99 Where to buy: ACER Lids get slammed, keycaps disappear, and charger cables get yanked sideways at the worst angle. If you’ve ever watched a cart turn into a pile of repair
Acer Brings Kompanio 540 To Two New Education Chromebooks Read More
ARTICLE – A good Bluetooth speaker can still make your home feel clumsy. The moment you’ve got two, the music stops moving with you, and the silence between rooms suddenly feels louder than it should. If you’re cooking, tidying up, or bouncing between spaces, the annoyance shows up fast. One speaker keeps going while the
Marshall Heddon Turns your Bluetooth Speakers into a Multi-Room System Read More
Most compact projectors look sharp on a media console, then get weirdly timid the second a scene turns dark. That gray lift is a quiet buzzkill, and you feel it right when a night shot should look velvety instead of washed out. Valerion’s now putting a name and a price on that frustration with the
Valerion’s VisionMaster Max is Chasing Darker Blacks in the Living Room Projector World Read More
Remote work gets sold as freedom, but your backpack usually tells the truth. The second you leave a fixed desk behind, every tiny gap in your setup shows up fast, not enough ports, no clean place to stash notes, and audio that can’t compete with café noise. This roundup sticks to tools that aim at
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ARTICLE – Planar magnetic headphones have long chased the same goal: reproduce sound with the kind of clarity and speed that makes listeners forget they are wearing headphones at all. Audeze, the Santa Ana-based company that has become synonymous with high-end planar technology, is making its latest bid for that ideal with the LCD-5s, a
New SLAM Technology Powers the LCD-5s, Audeze’s Most Refined Flagship Headphones Yet Read More
ARTICLE – Anything that flips is going to get written off as a “toy” by somebody. Knife culture can be especially allergic to anything that looks fun, like usefulness stops counting the moment it makes you smile. That reflex feels lazy. If you carry tools, you already know the truth: the stuff you reach for
CRKT Turned the M16 Into a Balisong and It’s Not a Gimmick Read More
ARTICLE – Most smart rings are designed to look minimal on your hand, with smooth finishes and little visible branding. That’s practical if you want something that blends in across work, workouts, and daily photos. So the real question is: does a statement-first ring still give you the same steady tracking experience you’d expect from
Diesel x Ultrahuman Smart Ring Turns Health Tracking Into a Statement Ring Read More
ARTICLE – Receivers have felt weirdly samey lately, and that sameness shows up in the most annoying places. You look at a rack and see the same black slabs, the same tiny status lights, and the same menu logic that feels like it’s stuck in a decade that wouldn’t let go. That visual fatigue is
Onkyo’s CES 2026 AV Lineup Feels Like Progress, But It’s Still a Tease Read More
ARTICLE – Most dashcam shoppers fall into one of two camps: those who buy the cheapest thing on Amazon and hope for the best, or those who convince themselves that only a $300 unit will capture usable footage. The frustrating truth is that neither approach makes much sense anymore. Entry-level cameras have gotten dramatically better
This Budget Dual Dashcam Punches Above Its Price Read More